Phil Ochs Quotes

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• Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend.
• The only way to Cuba is with the CIA.
• It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you…
• God isn't dead--he's just missing in action.
• I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than adding…
• America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.
• Here's to the State of Mississippi,
• One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.
• The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.
• When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they…
• Beneath the greatest love lies a hurricane of hate.
• Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?
• Some people never get their feet on the ground, They're either sitting in a chair or theyre laying down....
• Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with…
• It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall.
• Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by another…
• It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.
• In every political community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many…
• Evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders, but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers, and world of hunger…
• I like Hitler, jolly jolly Hitler.

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